Fascists in Hungary now set their sights on the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Matthew Kramer (Cambridge) kindly shared this message he received:

Dear Colleagues,

Please, spread the word.

The Hungarian government is, probably unlawfully and certainly arbitrarily, introducing a new system of research funding, which will seriously undermine the scientific autonomy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the greatest research institution in Hungary with 5000 employees. Negotiations have proven to be useless as the government handles the issue with manipulation and division. We badly need the attention and solidarity of the international academic community.

Elected member of the governing body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (választott közgyűlési tag); former Director (2012-2017) of the Institute for Legal Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest